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Quad Core, Thunderbolt In New MacBook Pros

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-yer-cult-on dept.

Although as I write this the store is still down, the Apple web site has officially published the specs for the revised MacBook Pros, which top out at 2.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 for the 17" as well as offering a 512GB solid state drive. Somehow I don't think my boss will let me expense the one I want.

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  1. Re:On the graphics side by Sancho · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You can get an idea right now, since the HD3000 has been out for a while. Basically, in raw GPU performance, it's pretty lousy. There are places where the memory bus improvements can make up some of the difference, but frankly, I consider this a step back. It's a shame, too--I'd been planning on picking up the 13" MBP after this refresh. Now I'm going to start looking at other notebooks.

  2. Re:The 15 inch quad core price is very disappointi by glennpratt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I thought the same before using a MacBook Pro every day for work for a year.

    You just don't get the stability, performance, battery life and build quality in a cheap Windows notebook (I've bought tons of them after much research when I worked in IT). Runs for months on end, 80 hour weeks, never shutdown, rarely restarted, basically never gets in my way.

  3. Macintosh quality by Relayman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I walked into an office recently and a coworker saw my MacBook Pro and said, "I wish I had that instead of this Dell POS. Just look at the screen resolution!" Put a four-year old MacBook Pro next to a four-year old Dell laptop and you will be able to see the difference. There will not be any missing cheap plastic pieces on the Mac.

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    1. Re:Macintosh quality by donny77 · · Score: 3, Interesting
      And here we go with the circular argument.

      1) Apple is overpriced, I can get by with a $600 PC

      2) Yeah, but Dell's are crap!

      3) Dell isn't the only PC manufacturer. Not a fair comparison.

      4) Who? Alienware? Now they aren't cheaper than Apple!

  4. Re:Resolution by jovius · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In addition there is Hi-Res option for 15" devices: 1680 x 1050.

  5. Re:Thunderbolt by TheSeventh · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Odd that Intel would use "Thunderbolt" when it is also the name of the latest Android phone coming out for Verizon (was supposed to be out today), and although Intel claims to have a trademark, Verizon actually has one: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4008:ncmpfb.6.1

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